Getting ready for nst event!

85levin · Post by **85levin** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:52 pm

did a little progress yesterday. still have a lot more details to finish up before the event. never entered a car show before.

joel26 · Post by **joel26** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:19 pm

Looks good....

mooreofit · Post by **mooreofit** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:55 pm

very nice! cant wait for the event.

madcao · Post by **madcao** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:30 am

is the tach from a fx? could we get a close up of it? thanks. -sang

Post by **dr.occa** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:03 am

nice. very nice. looking forward to seeing many 86garage faces out there.

85levin · Post by **85levin** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:47 pm

thanks dr.occa. definately will be interesting to meet everyone in person.

good eye madcao, here it is

i'll share this one too

these are my projectors

Post by **CBR_TOY** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:09 pm

that tach setup is sweet!!! i need that for my 20v

madcao · Post by **madcao** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:16 pm

flippin sweet 9k tach. nicely done. -sang

Post by **dr.occa** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:25 pm

85, with that cluster, how accurate is everything? i've always wondered.

i'm not worried about the 9k tach since i'm aftermarket anyway but it would be useful info for everyone interested.

again, beautiful car.

85levin · Post by **85levin** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:40 pm

works just like stock. the whole tach electronics were changed over from the fx16. simple to make, i have a spare zenki gts cluster if anyone is interested, you would just have to find an fx16 cluster... oh and replace the oil gauge, the resistence broke. i believe you can use the oil gauge from an sr5 even.

85levin · Post by **85levin** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:44 pm

i was planning on going with a digital cluster before, but, it still only goes up to 8000 and reads in km/h. to me this is a perfect fix for us cars reving past 8k and it is cheap.

Post by **dr.occa** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:47 pm

85levin wrote:i was planning on going with a digital cluster before, but, it still only goes up to 8000 and reads in km/h. to me this is a perfect fix for us cars reving past 8k and it is cheap.

i agree it is an inexpensive route but FX16s are few and far between.

Post by **CBR_TOY** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:16 pm

that was my next question Jonas..... thanks for posting this up man and your hatch is so damn good looking

i'm jealous

85levin · Post by **85levin** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:04 pm

thanks guys. pics aren't showing anymore. will edit my posts.

wet sanded and polished my car, looks a little better.

next off, i have a problem with tire rub on my right rear quarter panel. common problem with a lowered ae86 with tight wheel clearances, because of panhard bar angle. since i "have to" keep my wheels the way the are, there are 2 ways of fixing this: go with a watts link set up or reposition my panhard bar. i choose the second. because; it is cheaper, faster, lighter, and in my opinion better.

there is three ways i found to go about this:
1. make a higher mounting location on the body. bad idea it "hurts" handling.
2. buy a cusco rear roll center adjuster and weld it on. not sure how low it will drop my panhard bar...
3. cut and reposition my stock mounting position from the diff housing. shose this, "free" and i can position it where i want.

here is the bar. does not seem to be all that bad, but, after measuring i found the difference to be of 2 inches!

last time I opened my differential i replaced my cusco diff for a kaaz and installed it with a solid sleeve. since i am taking everything apart again i will paint the housing, rebuild my calipers, install ss brake lines and install a 4.77 r&p.

will start as soon as my parts arrive, hopefully this week. i have never done a write up, this will be my first.

JOMON-C · Post by **JOMON-C** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:14 pm

car looks good  man. when the parts get there, if you need a hand just txt me bro. or txt me if you wanna play poker hehe.

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